| MBB/WBB 🏆 BRACKETOLOGY 2024-2024 🧭 "The road to the post season." : Update 12/26

[RTB.com]

NCAA NET Rankings:

Rank	Previous	School	Conference	Record	Road	Neutral	WAB	Quad 1	Quad 2	Quad 3	Quad 4
1	1	Auburn	SEC	11-1	0-1	6-0	5-0	6-1	0-0	2-0	3-0
2	2	Tennessee	SEC	12-0	2-0	3-0	7-0	3-0	0-0	4-0	5-0
3	3	Duke	ACC	10-2	3-0	0-2	7-0	3-2	0-0	4-0	3-0
4	4	Florida	SEC	12-0	1-0	5-0	6-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	6-0
5	5	Gonzaga	WCC	9-3	1-0	2-3	6-0	2-3	2-0	1-0	4-0
6	6	Houston	Big 12	8-3	0-0	1-3	7-0	0-3	2-0	1-0	5-0
7	7	Maryland	Big Ten	10-2	0-1	2-0	8-1	1-2	1-0	1-0	7-0
8	8	Iowa St.	Big 12	10-1	1-0	2-1	7-0	3-1	1-0	0-0	6-0
9	9	Marquette	Big East	11-2	2-2	1-0	8-0	3-2	3-0	1-0	4-0
10	10	Alabama	SEC	10-2	2-1	3-1	5-0	3-2	2-0	3-0	2-0
11	11	Pittsburgh	ACC	10-2	2-1	1-1	7-0	1-2	2-0	3-0	4-0
12	12	Kansas	Big 12	9-2	0-2	2-0	7-0	2-2	1-0	4-0	2-0

Bracket Matrix:



Jerry Palm Bracketology:

Bama as a #3 seed in the South (AU #1.)

ESPN Lunardi:

Bama as a #2 seed in the East (ISU #1,)

 

[#80]

I need a mathematician to explain how Houston has a NET ranking of 6. I know it's an algorithm driven calculation but they have NO Q1 wins and 5 Q4 wins and three loses. It makes no sense to me.

 

[rick4bama]

I need a mathematician to explain how Houston has a NET ranking of 6. I know it's an algorithm driven calculation but they have NO Q1 wins and 5 Q4 wins and three loses. It makes no sense to me.

I gave up a lone time!

 

[TerryP]

I need a mathematician to explain how Houston has a NET ranking of 6. I know it's an algorithm driven calculation but they have NO Q1 wins and 5 Q4 wins and three loses. It makes no sense to me.

NET is KenPom, with a little extra dressing. They do account or actual results but, like KP, weigh metrics far more than anything. Houston has been consistently efficient: for years.

Houston dropping six places in the NET before January is a big drop. If you consider the past, a loss has very little effect on NET vs one of the media polls. The only time it really comes into play is that last week of the season when teams are fighting for seeding: then, rarely. Bama had a taste of it last season flirting with a 1 seed.

 

[alabama mike]

All that matters is the poll at the end of the year. We’ll be aight.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Some poor souls are going to have a 4 seed UConn in their bracket.

 

[RTB.com]

KenPom rankings:

 

[TerryP]

Neutral site-Vegas: Bama loses to Oregon by two.
Neutral site-Bham: Bama beats Illinois by 13.

Last night: Illinois walked over Oregon, on the road, by 30+.

That Illini win looking better and better ...

 

[Bammerboy321]

Neutral site-Vegas: Bama loses to Oregon by two.
Neutral site-Bham: Bama beats Illinois by 13.

Last night: Illinois walked over Oregon, on the road, by 30+.

That Illini win looking better and better ...

I hate that we lost to Oregon and everything that transpired in that game. First, losing Wrightsell. Then the bull shit goal tending call that was upheld. And lastly, Sears having the awareness of a cold potato when it came to the game clock. Oh well. It'll pay dividends down the road.

Two wins that I doubt will help Alabama - Rutgers and North Carolina. Oof

 

[Bammerboy321]

CFB is wrapped up. Need people to shift their focus to the best team on campus

 

[BamaFan334]

Neutral site-Vegas: Bama loses to Oregon by two.
Neutral site-Bham: Bama beats Illinois by 13.

Last night: Illinois walked over Oregon, on the road, by 30+.

That Illini win looking better and better ...

Yeah, taking Oregon to Cover was unfortunate. Tge fastest bet I ever won was Jeremiah Smith Over 76 yards in the Rose Bowl. Only to be topped by fastest bet I ever lost in Oregon last night.

 

[#80]

Neutral site-Vegas: Bama loses to Oregon by two.
Neutral site-Bham: Bama beats Illinois by 13.

Last night: Illinois walked over Oregon, on the road, by 30+.

That Illini win looking better and better ...

I think we were mentally spent in that Oregon game. Such a tough run of games.

 

[TerryP]

ESPN: There's only one team in the SEC that isn't in the top sixty in NET. If you play them on the road it's still a Q1 game.

 

[TerryP]

This was last updated on the 7th.

Fifty-three brackets published. Nine have Bama as a 1 seed, one has the Tide as a three seed. (AU, UT, ISU, and Duke are projected as one seeds currently.)

 

[BamaFan334]

This was last updated on the 7th.

Fifty-three brackets published. Nine have Bama as a 1 seed, one has the Tide as a three seed. (AU, UT, ISU, and Duke are projected as one seeds currently.)

I think we end up as a 3 seed personally. Florida just gave us a blue print on how to beat Tennessee, and Auburn gonna be a tough ask at Auburn, but a very good game in Tuscaloosa. Kentucky, Florida, and Georgia will be good tests for us, so I think we end up with 6-7 losses and either the last two seed or first three seed. Sure hope I'm wrong, just my thoughts.